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Grammar EXTRA! Worksheet 3

Comparatives
1 Complete the chart with the comparative forms.
Adjective

Comparative form

Remember

cold
big
difficult
bad
dry
early
good
high
hot
long
popular
rain
sunny
wet
















Short adjectives + er: cold colder

Short adjectives ending in one consonant double the last
letter + -er: big bigger
Long adjectives (more than two syllables): more + adjective:
more expensive
Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good, bad

2 Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in parentheses.
1

The Arctic is

Its usually

Places that are sunny are

I think the weather is

India is

The ocean is getting

The winter is

(hot) now than 100 years ago.

(foggy) in the winter than in the summer.
(popular) than places where it rains a lot.
(bad) than ten years ago.
(sunny) than Canada, but it is also

(wet)!

(high).
(short) now than 25 years ago.

3 Circle the correct word.

1

Its hoter / hotter in July than in September.

The weather is badder / worse in New York than in

Mexico City.

I think its more beautiful / beautifuler when it rains.

Is it drier / more dry now in the summer?

I think the summer is getting shorter / more short.

Its always raining, so its weter / wetter than before.

4 Circle the word that doesnt belong.

cold difficult short
1

hot big bad

dry long new

popular sunny famous

easy early expensive

good cold late

big wet old

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